Category Archives: arduino

Aluminum Faceplate For SparkFun Button Arduinome Arrives!

Just received some aluminum faceplates for my arduinome that I got through a group buy organized by @z15 on the monome community forum. (Thanks!) These aluminum panels are each 5 mm thick which leaves about 2 mm of the SparkFun … Continue reading

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Hello Arduinome!

I finished the electronics of my Arduinome a couple weeks back and have been having a blast using it in the little spare time I have these days. I am anxiously waiting to hear back from machinecollective.org regarding ordering one … Continue reading

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Building An Arduinome

I finally got together all the parts that I need to build myself  a monome clone. Arduinome is a clone of the open source monome 40h which uses an arduino microcontroller. Wikipedia says, “The monome is an eight-by-eight grid of backlit … Continue reading

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Arduino 0017 Released

The latest version of the Arduino IDE has been released. From the arduino.cc website: “The open-source Arduino environment makes it easy to write code and upload it to the i/o board. It runs on Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux. The … Continue reading

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PachubeMon Now Available On The App Store

I am happy to announce that my Pachube feed organizer/viewer application PachubeMon is now available as a free download on the App Store. It was also announced on the Pachube blog on Monday. Pachube is a web service available at pachube.com … Continue reading

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Pachube: The Internet Of Things

I just found out about Pachube over on the Make: Blog and am feeling really inspired. Pachube is just awesome! It is a service created by HAQUE design + research that “enables you to connect, tag and share real time … Continue reading

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Software Debouncing Multiple Latching Switches With Arduino

This last week I have been working on making the operation of my MIDI controller prototype more robust. One of my tasks has been to debounce and latch the states of my pushbutton toggle switches. Though you could use hardware … Continue reading

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DIY Cardboard MIDI Controller

Today I built a DIY cardboard MIDI controller. I used an Atmega168 with code written in Arduino and programmed on an Arduino NG. The whole circuit is breadboarded and connects to the computer via a single USB cable. The serial … Continue reading

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Simple Max Serial To MIDI Patch

I have programmed an Arduino to output serial MIDI CC messages when I adjust potentiometers connected to it. To control my MIDI capable applications I could just send this data to a MIDI cable and then to a commercial USB-MIDI … Continue reading

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